For centuries, our people have thrived in harmony with the forces of nature. Today, CIRI employs the latest technologies and finance strategies to harness the power of renewable energy in Alaska, the Lower 48 and globally. Our energy projects create jobs and economic activity while generating profits for Shareholders and business partners.
Located on CIRI-owned land within the municipality of Anchorage, CIRI’s Fire Island Wind Project delivers renewable, emissions-free energy to more than 7,000 homes in Southcentral Alaska. Fire Island Wind represents the area’s first utility-scale independently owned wind project, and it helped redefine the future of energy in Cook Inlet and beyond. In 2023, Fire Island Wind was awarded the Groundbreaking Community Wind and Sustainable Energy Project by the Distributed Wind Energy Association.
Located in Whitman County, Wash., Palouse Wind provides power for as many as 30,000 homes in Eastern Washington. As a tax equity investor in Palouse Wind, CIRI enjoys consistent cash returns and limited downside exposure.
CIRI holds a minority interest in Alaska Storage Holding LLC, a partnership that constructed and owns Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska LLC (CINGSA). Located on the Kenai Peninsula, CINGSA is the state’s first underground gas storage facility. The facility stores gas during the summer months when available supply exceeds demand. The stored gas is then available for withdrawal during the winter months to supplement the deliverability of available gas supply.
Located in Ohio, the Middletown Energy Center (MEC) is a natural-gas-fired electric-generating facility that replaces coal-fired power plants with cleaner, efficient energy from natural gas. The plant powers some 400,000 homes while serving as an economic development catalyst for the region. MEC is a steady, reliable asset that complements CIRI’s energy portfolio and positions the company for strategic growth.
Through private equity relationships, CIRI invests in Havfram, a Norway-based leader in transport and installation services to the offshore wind sector as an owner and operator of Wind Turbine Installation Vessels. CIRI’s investment in Havfram aligns with the company’s long-standing belief in the immense potential of wind infrastructure as a key component in combatting climate change.
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., also known as CIRI, is one of twelve land-based Alaska Native regional corporations created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA or the Act).
The Act addressed the aboriginal claim to land by Alaska Native people by mandating the formation of for-profit corporations representing various regions of the state and by providing land and seed capital to those corporations. CIRI is one of those corporations, with regional boundaries that roughly follow the traditional Dena’ina territory of southcentral Alaska. CIRI was incorporated on June 8, 1972.
